COURSE SYLLABUS

A Course Title Linear Algebra - MTH 221

& Number
B Pre/Co-requisite(s) Prerequisite: MTH104 (Calculus II)
C Number of credits 3-0-3
D Faculty Name Dr. Ziyad Al - Sharawi
E Term/ Year Fall 2021
F Sections Course Days Time Location
MTH221-06 UTR 10:00am-10:50am NAB1 008
Hybrid
MTH221-07 UTR 01:00am-01:50am ARTS 209
Teaching
MTH221-08 MW 8:00am-09:15am PHY 105
• Hybrid: Weeks 1 and 2 will be virtual teaching for all. After that, onsite
teaching will be given for group A in weeks of odd number and for group
B in weeks of even number.
G Instructor Instructor Office Email
Information
Ziyad Al - Sharawi NAB 251 zsharawi@aus.edu
Office Hours: My office hours are given below. An online session will be activated
during the online office hours. However, it is good to send an email in case the session
is not active. My onsite office hour on Monday is given to accommodate special cases.
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday
11:00-11:55am 10:00-11:00 11:00-11:55am 11:00-11:55am
Online Office Online Online
H Course Description
from Catalog
Covers systems of linear equations, algebra of matrices, linear transformations,
determinants, vector spaces, inner product spaces, eigenvalues and eigenvectors,
diagonalization and orthogonality, special matrices and applications.

I Course Learning Upon completion of the course, students will be able to:
Outcomes
Learning Outcomes Assessment Instruments
1 Find solutions of systems of linear equations using various First Exam
methods.
2 Evaluate determinants and use algebraic properties of First Exam
matrices in computations.
3 Demonstrate a thorough knowledge of vector spaces and Second and/or Final Exam
subspaces.
4 Find basis and rank for column, row and null spaces of a Second and/or Final Exam
given matrix.
5 Find eigenvalues, eigenvectors and eigenspaces of a square Final Exam
matrix and use them for matrix diagonalization.
6 Define linear transformations and examine their properties. Final Exam

7 Identify inner product spaces and use Gram-Schmidt Final Exam

orthogonalization process to orthogonalize a given basis.
J Textbook and “Elementary Linear Algebra with Supplement Applications,” Howard Anton and Chris
other Instructional Rorres, 12th Edition. With WileyPlus online supplementary material. Lecture notes
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Material andand recorded videos will be provided. Online subscription for the WileyPlus package is
Resources a must. The course textbook can be purchased through
1. the publisher directly: link (will be communicated to you soon from Wiley or
Cengage, or etc..)
2. the AUS eTextbook-shop. Please click on the link below for a guide on how to
purchase books from eTextbook-shop. Student
Guide: https://itfaq.aus.edu/sites/default/files/attachments/faq/586/student-
guide-purchasing-and-accessing-etextbooks-etextbook-shopcompressed.pdf
K Teaching and • ilearn is used as a core tool (posting: syllabus, handouts, review sheets for
Learning exams, solutions for quizzes and exams, grades…). Students are advised to
Methodologies check it on regular basis.
• Students are required to watch recorded videos and attend remote learning
sessions using Blackboard Collaborate Ultra or Google Meet.
• Students are encouraged to seek help during office hours.
• The WileyPlus supplementary material will be used for practicing problems
and quizzes or exams.

L Grading Scale,
Grading Cut-off (%) Grade Points Cut-off (%) Grade Points
Distribution, and 92 ≤ A ≤ 100 4.0 73 ≤ C+ < 76.99 2.3
Due Dates 88 ≤ A- < 91.99 3.7 67 ≤ C < 72.99 2.0
85 ≤ B+ < 87.99 3.3 62 ≤ C- < 66.99 1.7
81 ≤ B < 84.99 3.0 41 ≤ D < 61.99 1.0
77 ≤ B- < 80.99 2.7 F < 41 0

Assessment Weight Due Date and Remarks

Test I* 25% Week 6, last class (class time)
Test II** 25% Week 13, first class (class time)
Quizzes 15% TBA
Final Exam* 35% TBA (Common Exam)
Total 100%
Important: Please read the details below about each assessment component. Observe
that Test I will be onsite for group B and online for group A while Test II will be
onsite for group A and online for group B. The final exam will be onsite for all.

M Explanation of
Assessments Exams: There are 2 midterm exams and the final exam. The final exam covers all
learning outcomes except the first two. The date and time of the final exam will be
scheduled by the registrar’s office. * If you are flagged by the computer, your
instructor may call you for a meeting in which you need to provide
clarifications/justifications. **

Exams Environment: If you do the exam onsite, then you follow the normal
instructions provided to you by the proctor. If you do the exam online, then you are
required to prepare a home environment that guarantees academic integrity. The
instructor will use monitoring software like Respondus with Lockdown browser
and a Webcam if necessary. If you fail to follow the instructions in an exam, your
exam will be void and your grade may be annulled. In this case, your grade will be
assigned based on the assessment components that you do onsite.

Quizzes: You are expected to do 6 quizzes in this course, and the best 5 will be
counted. Quizzes will be assigned few days in advance. Quizzes will be assigned on
WileyPlus and your subscription to WileyPlus is a must.
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Help: Students are encouraged to consult their instructor during his office hours
or by appointment.

Other Remarks, Rules and Regulations:

• Attendance: Attendance and Lateness policy as described in the
Undergraduate catalog will be strictly implemented in this course. The
attendance is meant to be physical when it is onsite and to be active
involvement in live session through remote learning software (Blackboard
Collaborate or Google Meet) when it is virtual.
• Late attendance: Students are expected to be punctual. Three (3) late
attendances will count as one absence. Lateness is defined as showing up
late by 5 minutes or more. If the instructor finds late attendance as a
disturbing phenomenon, then some strict actions may be taken.
• Smart devices during quizzes and exams: All devices that can be used
to violate the academic integrity policy are prohibited, and a violation of
this policy can lead to severe actions against the student.
• Make-up exams: There will be no make-up exams. In certain cases, and
after deep scrutiny, the instructor may give a missed assessment the
average of the other elements in that component. However, the student has
to file a petition supported by evidence to the instructor. The instructor will
go through all petitions, scrutinizes them and uses his discretion to decide.
The decision is final and there is no room for discussion or appeal.
• Incomplete Grades: Failing to show up on time for the final exam will
result in a zero grade in that exam. Only in exceptional cases of compelling
medical or other emergencies certified by a medical or other professional
and approved by the AUS Health Center, the Instructor and the Dean’s
Office; will the student be given an “Incomplete” grade. In this case, the
instructor will schedule a make-up exam within the first two weeks of the
next semester. It is the responsibility of the student to find out from his/her
instructor the exact date, time and place of the make-up exam.
Final Grades: All students are treated equally. Tests and other graded assignments
due dates are set. No addendum, make-up exams, or extra assignments to improve
grades will be given. If I find at the end of the semester that your total grade is close
to a cut-off by a maximum of 2 points, then I use my records (attendance, discipline,
seriousness and efforts) to judge whether or not I adjust the grade.

N Student Academic
All students are expected to abide by the Student Academic Integrity Code as
Integrity Code articulated in the AUS undergraduate catalog 2020‐2021. More information is given in
Statement Spring 2021 FAQ's https://www.aus.edu/about/ausresponse-to-the-coronavirus-
disease-covid-19

O Attendance Policy Students in this course are required to follow the AUS Attendance Policy as outlined
in the AUS Undergraduate Catalog 2021-2022 (p. 27).
During the face to face component of the course, a student should be present on
campus in order to not be marked absent. During the online component of the
course, a student should be present online in order to not be marked absent.
Students are required to attend according to their designated group in their section
(A or B). Students will not be allowed to change their designated group or switch
between F2F and online.
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Tentative Weekly Schedule

Week CHAPTER Remarks
1 1.1: Introduction to Systems of Linear Equations
1.2: Gaussian Elimination
2 1.3: Matrices and Matrix Operations
Quiz 1
1.4: Inverses
3 1.5: Finding A-1
1.6: More on Linear Systems and Invertible Matrices
4 1.7: Diagonal, Triangular, and Symmetric Matrices
Quiz 2
2.1: Determinant by Cofactor Expansion
5 2.2: Evaluating Determinants by Row Reduction
2.3: Properties of Determinants, Cramer’s Rule
4.1: Real Vector Space Midterm 1
6
4.2: Subspaces Includes Chapter 1 & 2
4.3: Linear Independence
7
4.4: Coordinates and Bases
4.5: Dimension
8 4.6: Change of Basis
Quiz 3
4.7: Row Space, Column Space, and Null Space
4.10 will be taught as part of Chapter
9 4.8: Rank, Nullity, and the Fundamental Matrix Spaces
8

10 4.10: Properties of Matrix Transformations Quiz 4

8.1: General Linear Transformations
It is enough to discuss the inverse
11 8.2: Isomorphism
when T is one-to-one and onto.
8.3: Compositions and Inverse Transformations
12
Quiz 5
and 8.4: Matrices for General Linear Transformation.
Midterm 2
13 5.1: Eigenvalues and Eigenvectors
Includes Sections chapters 4 and 8

14 5.2: Diagonalization Quiz 6

6.1: Inner Products
Sections 3.1, 3.2 & 3.3 will be
15 6.2: Angle and Orthogonality in Inner Product Spaces
6.3: Gram-Schmidt Process covered as part of chapter 6.

16 Chapters 4,5,3, 8 and 6.

Final Exams
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Suggested Problems
Although your instructor may not collect homework problems for grading it is highly recommended that you practice writing the
full solution of these problems on your own. Your instructor will inform you of any addition to or deletion from this list of problems.
Also, practice problems similar to these ones will be assigned through WileyPlus, and will be graded by the computer.

Section Problems
1.1 1,3,6,8,9,12,13,16,20, True-False
1.2 1,2,4,5,8,13,16,17,22,23,26,27,30,35, True-False
1.3 1,2,3,5,12,14,15,17,20,24,26,29, True-False
1.4 3,4,6,10,11,13,14,16,17,20,21,24,25,31,35,36,39,40,45,48, True-False
1.5 1,2,3,5,7,11,16,19,21,27, True-False
1.6 1,5,9,12,13,18,19, True-False
1.7 1,3,6,7,10,11,14,15,17,19,22,23,25,27,30,31,34, True-False
2.1 1,3,9,11,15,18,21,23,24,34,36, True-False
2.2 1,3,5,8,9,14,15,18,21,25,26,29,30, True-False
2.3 1,4,5,7,12,15,18,19,21,25,29,31,32, True-False
4.1 1,2,5,7,8,9,11,17, True-False
4.2 1,2,3,7,8,9,10,12,13, True-False
4.3 1,3,5,6,9,12,19,29, True-False
4.4 1,2,4,6,8,11,14,18, True-False
4.5 1,6,7,8,9,15,17,18, True-False
4.6 1,3,4,6,12,15, True-False
4.7 2,3,7,9,12,15,25, True-False
4.8 1,3,6,7,10,14,18,20, True-False
4.10 1,5,11,12,17,20,23,25, True-False
8.1 1,3,5,6,10,11,13,14,20,21,23,30, True-False
8.2 1,2,3,5,6,8,11,13,15,22,25, True-False
8.3 1,2,3,6,10,11,13,15,17,18,19, True-False
8.4 1,2,3,4,5,6,8,11, True-False
5.1 1,4,7,10,14,24,25,27,28,29,33,34,36, True-False
5.2 1,3,5,8,9,11,14,15,17,19,21,22, 28, True-False
6.1 1,3,10,12,20,21,27,28,37, True-False
6.2 1,3,6,8,10,11,17,19,26,33,36, True-False
6.3 1,3,5,10,30,38,39,43, True-False